Up all night benching? :P

Don't forget the banana dude :D

thats what she said

@george yup :thumbsup:

I usually drink 2 or 3 protien shakes a day. They are very good for maintaining good blood sugar levels through out the day. I'll have one for breakfast and then again later for a mid-morning and mid-afternoon snack/meal. They are also excellent post work out to help in building up lean body mass. However my recipe is lower in sugar/carbs ...

-1 cup skim milk
-1 cup water
-2 scoops protien powder mix (usually 100% whey)
-1 cup fruit
-Blend in blender.

You can also substitute using just 2 cups of water or just 2 cups of skim milk (the milk is just adding to the total carbs of the drink).

There are lots of different shake combos...
Chocolate powder and bannana
Chocolate and strawberries
Vanilla powder and strawberries
vanilla and peaches
vanilla and blueberries or mixed berries

You can use frozen fruit (they sell it by the bag at Kroger/Costco) as kind of like ice cubes to cool the shake down.

Sometimes I'll just mix up the vanilla or chocolate shake without adding in the fruit and I'll just eat one apple, or one pear, or one peach, etc. along with the shake.

Gotta remember dude, there are GOOD carbs and there are BAD carbs. mine was formulated to include ONLY the good carbs, and the sugar is natural not processed so it don't turn into fat. One of the keys is getting a good protein mix that uses only high quality good carbs and contains both fast acting and slow acting whey proteins and peptides (Monster Milk also contains milk protein isolates... makes sense with the name and all I guess :P )

Anyway, key is LOTS of water every day - half gallon or more if your into body building like I was. Unfortunately was is the key word :laughing: In my mind I was Arnold, in my back I was too old to be doing military presses with 145lb on the bar :argh:

+1 to drinking lots of H2O. Most of us don't drink enough even when we put forth the effort. I'm always trying to keep on track.

The average american joe gets way, way to much of their caloric intake from carbs and fat. It is tough to keep those two in check.

Man I used to carry around a gallon of water everywhere I went when I lifted. Gawd I don't miss having to piss so much, but I did and still do feel way better when hydrated properly.

Amen! I used to drink a gallon a day, from litre bottles mostly though. I brought 3 baggies to work each day with protein powder and did a water shake in my little GNC shaker for snacks. Lunch was salad bar. Back then I was wearing a size 31 waist pants and had my body fat down to 13% I was soooo close to having my six pack when my back went out... DAMN that hurt too :morpheus:

You know, you would be surprised at how big you can get by just eating clean, staying hydrated, taking a good multi vitamin, proper protien supplements and getting plenty of sleep. Without that all of those flashy supplements won't do shat.

what kills me is the new nutri-system commercials touting the Glycemic Index, shit, we were using the Glycemic Index 15 effing years ago in formulating our workout diets :D Should have thought of hiring a bunch of fatties and making lots of money before they did :rofl: